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Pastor Richard "Buddy" Wimberly "Laughter" Genesis 17:15-21

• Issac: Laughter
• Issac was the seed of promise; although Ishmael was also promised a great nation, God's covenant was fulfilled with Issac.
• Abraham had pleaded with God to give him a son.
• God chooses who and He chooses the way he moves.
• God wanted Abraham to yield himself to God, just like He wants us to.
• Everything is in God's hands. We have to give Him complete control.
• We have to have control in both the good and bad times.
• God is the God of the impossible.
• Both Sarah and Abraham were well past child-bearing years, yet God promised them a son.
• He's always at work around us.
• Issac is known as Abraham's only son.
• Abraham's lineage can be traced all over the Middle East.
• Ishmael was given the blessing/promise of many nations; Issac's promise was that God would be his God.
• Issac got the blesser; Ishmael got the blessing.
• Everytime Abraham or Sarah would call Issac by name they would be reminded of their laughter that God could do what He had promised.